The CASIO CZ Synthesizer from the year 1984 is a very interesting synth. Here can you find the full CASIO CZ playlist with single sound demos, sound tutorials and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy. The CASIO CZ playlist ----> th-cam.com/play/PLe08Lbpy8pPbVOueQikTUmJ4mH_RvubhF.html
Pretty close on a few of these but the Oberheim just sounds so much richer. Its just undeniable how much better it sounds. That said the CZ is a very underrated beast. I kind of want one now lol.
I listened again and the Oberheim sounds much brighter and the casio is much flatter. That said if it were just something you were filling in the background with, I doubt many people would notice or care. You know what really surprised me was the little MT-32. I was really shocked at how great it sounded and how programmable it was with some old software. I had that and an old Roland S-550. I was so mad when a girlfriend at the time just tossed them along with the Apple ][ green monochrome monitor I used with the S-550. That sampler had a fun, crunchy sound. I keep looking at buying another one and the price just keeps going up lol. Same with the MT32. They aren't cheap anymore these days.
I thought I was the only one in on this secret, LOL. I started off with a CZ-101 in the mid 80s. A year later I bought a CZ-1000 (same synth with full size keys & but membrane buttons). Not long after I had two of them. In the early 90s I bought a CZ-1, the top of the line that is fully compatible with the sound library (and I had some great ones) but adds more keys, aftertouch, velocity and more voices. By the late 90s I ended up with two CZ-1s and two CZ-1000s, which I still have all of them. For the 80s & 90s the CZ's offered the most bang for the buck for analog type sounds. It was essentially the C-64 of the synth world. The main thing lacking were the ability to tweak knobs such as filters in real-time. One thing I wish other electronics companies would follow was how the CZ-101 through the high-end $1500 or so CZ-1 could all use the same sounds. You could upgrade to a CZ-1 as I did gaining additional features without loosing your sounds. I still used my CZ's with my live bands up until only a few years ago. Now I'm running VST's in a laptop with controller keyboards of the actual keyboards I was trying to duplicate such as the Oberheim, Moog & ARP. The CZ line did an excellent job of reproducing many of the sounds from these keyboards reasonably authentic. Real time filter sweeps and things like that was mostly what it was lacking. I leave one of my CZ-1's at practice to use as a controller keyboard. I have a CZ VST if I still need a CZ sound at gigs. I hope the price goes up on these as I no longer need four of them. The prices were so low at last check I'd rather just hold onto them. For those of you that don't like software instruments, the CZ line was excellent.
the virtualcz is very nice, and one of the better sounding synth plugins, but i feel like the primary magic to the casio cz's is something in the dac. of course the phase distortion synthesis is responsible for the gorgeous, unique timbres, but something about these hardware versions has a very strong powerful signal, especially in the low frequencies. it sounds so good in a mix and when you get a nice kalimba or wood block/plucky/glass patch going, it sounds like a physical material being smacked with a mallet somehow. incredible synths. i am in love
We need to SEE synths like these on the stage again. People judged them based on the name, and no one bothered to discover their potential. I used to have a CZ-1000 and I knew what it could do. It just needed to get seen/heard more often, by people who can dig into it deeper.
These Casio CZ-101 videos have actually helped me to understand mine a lot better. I hadn't touched mine in months because I got frustrated, but that's because all my initialized patches are all janky and messed up for some reason. When I reset everything to more what I'd expect from an initialized patch and followed from there, I got a feel for all the parameters and now I'm not confused about how it works at all anymore. Can't wait to dive into the crazy 8-stage envelopes! Thanks
@@retrosound72 Is it worth bothering to get a 5000 if I have this one? One came up for sale so I was curious about it. The 101 is my first real synth and it sounds amazing.
@@RealNonsonic did you ever go for it? i recently got a cz-3000 and i love the bucket brigade analogue chorus on it. i bet the sequencer is nice on the 500's(?) and the aftertouch + seq on the Cz-1, but the 101 sounds the same, maybe even slightly more powerful than the 3000 to my ears. im a bigger fan of the 3000 overall though
That's very good. It's a lot closer that I though it would be. Really, no two instruments with different filters ever sound exactly the same. I think a lot of people didn't take Casio instruments seriously at the time, maybe it was the cheesy magazine ads. They really are an overlooked gem.
Hahaha I just happen to have a CZ-101 lying around. It’s such a cool little synth, very glad I picked it up when I saw one for $100. I’ll have to try this out! Great video!
CASIO CZ serie can produce very unique sounds. Bells, whistles, bass sounds, brasses and variety synthetic sounds are fantastic, some kinds of organs also can sound very good, and nothing can produce these sounds on that way even closer. When you hear it, you know immediately it`s from Casio CZ! It can be very useable even today if you want to get authentic sounds to your work. And this gears were very quality built. Don`t forget every CZ today are almost 35 years old!
I think I have it all here: DCW Envelope • Wave Step 1 Rate 99 Level 99 • Wave Step 2 Rate 14 Level 00 • Wave Step 3 Sustain Rate 50 Level 00 • DCO Waveform 1 Saw • DCO Waveform second 1 Saw • DCO envelope pitch keyfollow 2 pitch 7 • Brassy sounds need a short pitch modulation at start • DCA envelope AMP step 1 72 sustain 99 • activate identical line 2 • Octave range -1 • Detune fine 07 • a bit more pitch modulation for more lush sound • Vibrato wave 1 delay 11 rate 41 depth 11 Hope it works...I'll be trying it with my CZ-5000!
I used to love digging into the digital menus on casios to find something with a bit more life than the presets - and then running it though my pro-one'filter
I’m having problems following the routing in my CZ 5000 watching the video “play by “play” and it seems some parameters are different. Probably because the the CZ- 5000 is 2 DCOS. I think the set up is slightly different. Anyway, I think this an awesome tutorial for those of us trying to get the most out of Low key budget synths. I’ve been watching your vids for almost 10 years now. From first interests in electronic music, to an entire studio with a range of vintage and modern synthesizers, and years of fun, jamming and recording. Thank you. 😀You’re a Synth god to me haha
thank you so much for the kind words and the feedback. :) when you have light problems than program only one DCO like in this tutorial and than Line Select 1+1` (not 1+2) and detune fine 7.
The Casio CZ is a huge synth.. I love mine. Most people would never guess it is fully digital. Good video. The thing about the CZ is that it can sound so original as well.. not just an emulation machine. Great job here though. Tough to find a CZ for $200 here in Australia though... maybe prices have fallen?
very good short video demonstrating the true potentials of this great 'little' instrument! own one and have already realized its hidden powers ... funny when i got it for only $60 in a pawn shop in Maryland in the year 2000 (could have got it for $20 and the shopkeeper would have sold it at that price without any objections!) i just liked its looks more than anything else and didn't quite realize what a gem i had just bought until when i read about it online years later! :)
Awesome video! I don't have either of these synthesizers, but I understand the ability to make the same sound on other synthesizers. I enjoy making my own patches or just tweaking presets. :) Thanks for the wonderful video. Take care, Sam.
I recently got my CZ101 for 100$ with a broken keyboard decoder. I brought one to life for just another 3$. I bought it just for making that famous sound of "Koto" bass line by Michiel Van Der Kuy. He used this synth for recording his L.A. Style - "James Brown is Dead" as well where the "koto" bass can be clearly heard. I'll never let it go. This machine is built to last. It does have a very simple and straight forward electronic circuitry that makes the synth to be very easy at troubleshooting if there is a case.
Here are settings for "koto" bass: Oct. range -1 Line select 1 DCO1 Waveform first 3 second 0 ENV step 1, rate 00, level 00, END DCW1 Wave Range 9 ENV step 1, rate 99, level 99, *** step 2, rate 55, level 00, END DCA1 Amp Range 9, ENV step 1, rate 99, level 75, SUS step 2, rate 75, level 00, END there could be some other variations though.
Trying to learn how to replicate these sounds on my three oscillator Ensoniq ESQ-1. Great thick sounds in that CZ-101, I never knew they were capable of that!
Hammer.....echt Hammer das man tatsächlich so ein analog klingendes Synthbrass Patch aus einem Casio rausholen kann. Natürlich hört man die Differenz zum Oberheim aber Respect, gut programmiert Marco. ;-)
Because of your videos, I decided to take the plunge and purchase my first synth, a CZ-5000 in pretty good condition. However, I have a couple of questions about your video. 1. You state that the DOC envelope has "pitch keyfollow 2 pitch 7." I assume that translates to an envelope 1 step 1 of Rate 7, Level 2? Also, from the video, you appear to settle on a Rate of 3, Level of 1. Does that seem correct? 2. Some of your envelopes don't mark a Sustain or End (such as the DCO, which has a single step). Do I initialize that envelope to the default parameters (using the initialize button), only set the steps you mention, and leave the other as they are? This would default some of the envelopes to Sustain and End. Thanks for these great videos! I had a blast programming the CS-80 patch last night as I read through the manual to understand exactly what I was doing. Please please please post more CZ tutorials!
It would work in some mixes, as it fills the same sonic fingerprint, but it's a rather simple patch and I could probably get that sound out of a lot of boards. Solo as you did, and the differences are there, especially in the complex modulation patterns from the osc's beating from obie and not in the CZ, where it's simulated. I could do the patch on VST's also, and get at least as close on a lot of them that have the basic raw osc sound. But I think your point here is that the lowly CZ has a lot of usefulness still, and for that I'd agree.
I have various vintage analog effects that the CZ sounds amazing thru, like the Roland Revo 30 from the 70's or the MXR modal126 Flanger. in fact it makes any digital synth sound analog
Synths & sounds lovers... Watch it ! Thumbs up & thanks for this awesome tutorial how brilliant Casio synths were... between talented hands ! Always a great pleasure to discover new projects from you... ;-)) Keep sharing your passion , talents & synths through these moments ! ;-))
Well, in it´s rawest form and without that magic sem filter sweeping, and Obie can be replicated quite good. But its the sweeping sem filter that make the Obies the greatest sounding synths ever, and no other synth can touch.
The SA 76 have the adjustment as well. Depress and hold "tune" and "pattern", then do plus or minus and observe effect difference, though not as detail technical as this?
I agree, but is the OB8 $6,000 better? Oberheims are incredible, but the Casios are insane sound value for the money (you can grab one in great condition for $400 as of 2020). And they were good enough for Babyface, who used them as the bass on some hit tracks back in the late 80's.
@@lifescansdarkly Hehe, I managed to snag one for $200. :) Although I'm having a hard time with it. I can't seem to save patches that I make. Also, it's perpetually out of tune no matter what I set the master tune at the top right to. Playing a C note on the keyboard produces roughly an F to F#, depending on how high or low I set the master tuning to. Any ideas why? Is this unit screwed? I don't mind re-pitching it in Ableton when recording but it's absolutely useless in my DAWless setup.
@@mikeexits Just press both keys of the master tune to reset and you need batteries inside the synth in order to be able to save in the internal memory.
Believe it or not most of the CZ line sells for the around the same price. I recommend getting the CZ1, the king of the CZ line while you can still get one for $300 bucks in perfect condition.
Spannendes Video mit sehr viel Überraschung. Klar, man hört selbst übers Smartphone noch erhebliche Unterschiede, aber der Grundklang ist sehr gut getroffen. Ich habe ähnliche Erfahrungen mit dem Alesis Ion (preiswerte Version Micron oder Akai Miniak für 160€) und dem Roland JV-880 (90€) gemacht. Günstig ist nicht gleich schlecht.
Wir wissen beide, dass der OB den kleinen CZ im Unisono Mode vom Ständerblasen würde. ;) Es war nur ein Experiment für einen bestimmten (einfachen) Sound. Andere Sounds gehen wieder nicht. Es gibt bei jedem Synth eine gemeinsame Schnittmenge. Das wollte ich zeigen.
This is stunning Marko, you're the boss ! I almost had a CZ 101 for 150 euros and while I watching at descriptions....it was gone..snif snif ! I have a VZ 1 instead, a very respectable synth, but it's not CZ 101 :(
Thank you Eric :) The VZ is a upgraded CZ with a lot more functions but the iPD synthesis is a pain to program. I wish me a modern PD synthesizer from casio with the solid hardware of the VZ and with realtime control of DCW and DCA envelope.
I hesitated to tell you the truth, but yes, i agree with you : it's so hard to program a VZ1...3 years ago, I put my hands in it and I have almost understood, but after a few months of non practice I forgot everything and I did not have the courage to start looking again since all this time ! So i have one own pattern (so proud of it) and all others are from the machine..not so bad, but it's so cool to edit a sound with this synth, it's like a fight against Cazio and iPD !
Credit for taking the time and having the knowledge to be able to do good approximations..do more like this? I had CZs; didn’t like the programming and generally plastic/sterile sounds, BUT have to say if properly programmed it can sound good, one some sounds. I liked the 101 more than the larger CZs, at least for bass, though the midi tracking wasn’t as good, nor was the thickness without chorus. Best might’ve been a VZ rack, BUT they left off the filte approximation, which ruined it for me.
Awesome vid! The only downside is limited polyphony after stacking voices. However, your about $8000 ahead with the little CZ lol! I have the OBXa as well, and damn it is a nightmare to maintain.
Wow, this is a brand new video! Most ones I come across are many months/years old. Amazing job here, however I do have one nit to pick: The vibrato.. The oberheim had no vibrato as I look at the video in a spectrogram using Baudline (which is amazing, and I highly suggest it!)
While I know there is the option to set Vibrato on an Oberheim, your A/B demonstration of "Oberheim" / "Casioheim" depicts a very different picture in Baudline. I've screen-recorded some of your video with the realtime spectrogram going, to illustrate the difference. th-cam.com/video/vmHDIk0xEbM/w-d-xo.html
I buiild my own phase-distortion synth, with all the peculiarities and features of the CZ plus my own ingredients, seems I accidentally build an Oberheim too haha :D
RetroSound I have and love a CZ1, but I have heard some people claim that they believe the CZ-101 has a “ballsier” sound than its full-size brethren. Do you find this to be true, or is it just a slightly hotter output?
RetroSound Thanks for replying man :). The moment you started playing those notes my whole body came alive. Like somebody shouting your name in crowded place... Do you think it's possible to make a sound like this using a mininova? Or any vst?
But these days, you can tweak the final waves by soft or hardware? Nero burning soft have this and plentiful of filters. Playback hard wares are packed with wonderful features these days? Just more convenience?
The CASIO CZ Synthesizer from the year 1984 is a very interesting synth. Here can you find the full CASIO CZ playlist with single sound demos, sound tutorials and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy.
The CASIO CZ playlist ----> th-cam.com/play/PLe08Lbpy8pPbVOueQikTUmJ4mH_RvubhF.html
They are so much more expensive now lol. Great showcase, oberheims are incredibly overated nowadays with far better options being availible.
@@droksbeel no synth is overrated. We are all different with very different taste.
@@retrosound72 i could agree.
Pretty close on a few of these but the Oberheim just sounds so much richer. Its just undeniable how much better it sounds. That said the CZ is a very underrated beast. I kind of want one now lol.
haha
thank you
I listened again and the Oberheim sounds much brighter and the casio is much flatter. That said if it were just something you were filling in the background with, I doubt many people would notice or care. You know what really surprised me was the little MT-32. I was really shocked at how great it sounded and how programmable it was with some old software. I had that and an old Roland S-550. I was so mad when a girlfriend at the time just tossed them along with the Apple ][ green monochrome monitor I used with the S-550. That sampler had a fun, crunchy sound. I keep looking at buying another one and the price just keeps going up lol. Same with the MT32. They aren't cheap anymore these days.
Well, you just caused the Ebay prices of a Casio CZ go up about 300%.... good job :)
I hope not :D
Just buy VirtualCZ instead.
Yeah ... please produce an Oberland800 video making the Roland JD-800 sound awesome ... then I could perhaps sell it for £1000 :)
lol
JD800s ARE selling for £1000 plus, in great condition nowadays! I swapped mine for a JX8P because.... well, I hated it!
Please, demonstrate how to bring the 9000$ Jupiter 8 sounds in a 20$ Casiotone VL-1 synthesizer.
haha :D
I am not Mr. Copperfield. :P
No problem, do it using the Roland Boutique Jupiter 8. How? Find a brass patch... then play.
Or the Arturia Jupiter 8 software instrument
Wow, you know where are Jupiter 8 is for only 9000.00? They have been selling for 13000 to 20000 lately.
MrArpSolina First we must learn how to get a VL-1 for $20.
I thought I was the only one in on this secret, LOL.
I started off with a CZ-101 in the mid 80s. A year later I bought a CZ-1000 (same synth with full size keys & but membrane buttons). Not long after I had two of them. In the early 90s I bought a CZ-1, the top of the line that is fully compatible with the sound library (and I had some great ones) but adds more keys, aftertouch, velocity and more voices. By the late 90s I ended up with two CZ-1s and two CZ-1000s, which I still have all of them.
For the 80s & 90s the CZ's offered the most bang for the buck for analog type sounds. It was essentially the C-64 of the synth world. The main thing lacking were the ability to tweak knobs such as filters in real-time. One thing I wish other electronics companies would follow was how the CZ-101 through the high-end $1500 or so CZ-1 could all use the same sounds. You could upgrade to a CZ-1 as I did gaining additional features without loosing your sounds.
I still used my CZ's with my live bands up until only a few years ago. Now I'm running VST's in a laptop with controller keyboards of the actual keyboards I was trying to duplicate such as the Oberheim, Moog & ARP. The CZ line did an excellent job of reproducing many of the sounds from these keyboards reasonably authentic. Real time filter sweeps and things like that was mostly what it was lacking. I leave one of my CZ-1's at practice to use as a controller keyboard. I have a CZ VST if I still need a CZ sound at gigs.
I hope the price goes up on these as I no longer need four of them. The prices were so low at last check I'd rather just hold onto them.
For those of you that don't like software instruments, the CZ line was excellent.
fantastic and absolut agree with you.
thanks :)
Can you plug a MIDI keyboard with velocity sensitivity and use that feature on the 101? Or does it not support it at all?
the virtualcz is very nice, and one of the better sounding synth plugins, but i feel like the primary magic to the casio cz's is something in the dac. of course the phase distortion synthesis is responsible for the gorgeous, unique timbres, but something about these hardware versions has a very strong powerful signal, especially in the low frequencies. it sounds so good in a mix and when you get a nice kalimba or wood block/plucky/glass patch going, it sounds like a physical material being smacked with a mallet somehow. incredible synths. i am in love
We need to SEE synths like these on the stage again. People judged them based on the name, and no one bothered to discover their potential. I used to have a CZ-1000 and I knew what it could do. It just needed to get seen/heard more often, by people who can dig into it deeper.
:))
These Casio CZ-101 videos have actually helped me to understand mine a lot better. I hadn't touched mine in months because I got frustrated, but that's because all my initialized patches are all janky and messed up for some reason. When I reset everything to more what I'd expect from an initialized patch and followed from there, I got a feel for all the parameters and now I'm not confused about how it works at all anymore. Can't wait to dive into the crazy 8-stage envelopes! Thanks
Thank you for the kind words and the feedback.
Have fun!
You realise the power of CZ-101 when you start making your own sounds.
Got a feeling that you never did. Heh heh...
I picked one up recently at an incredible price, I have lots to learn from your videos :)
Very cool
Thank you for the Feedback.
@@retrosound72 Is it worth bothering to get a 5000 if I have this one? One came up for sale so I was curious about it. The 101 is my first real synth and it sounds amazing.
@@RealNonsonic did you ever go for it? i recently got a cz-3000 and i love the bucket brigade analogue chorus on it. i bet the sequencer is nice on the 500's(?) and the aftertouch + seq on the Cz-1, but the 101 sounds the same, maybe even slightly more powerful than the 3000 to my ears. im a bigger fan of the 3000 overall though
That's very good. It's a lot closer that I though it would be. Really, no two instruments with different filters ever sound exactly the same. I think a lot of people didn't take Casio instruments seriously at the time, maybe it was the cheesy magazine ads. They really are an overlooked gem.
thank you
Great idea for a series of tutorials!
:) thank you
Thank-you Retro sound for making a most salient point! Bravo...!
thank you for watching
One of the best videos of the CZ i've seen, simple and great! Thanks!
a pleasure for me. thank you
Just added this and your Yamaha patches to my cz-1. They sound awesome! More please! Great lessons.
more coming soon.
thank you :)
I kind of did this on my casio HT6000. Another underrated beast. I picked mine up from a car boot sale for £30.
Have fun
This patch alone worth the price of my CZ-5000. Love it since day one, thanks!
Glad you enjoy it!
nice one! You demonstrate perfectly how to get great sounds out of budget synths, very inspiring!
thank you :)
running it through a chorus, phaser and reverb helps a lot but this pos can never hope to touch the obx-a or the ob-8.
Hahaha I just happen to have a CZ-101 lying around. It’s such a cool little synth, very glad I picked it up when I saw one for $100. I’ll have to try this out! Great video!
thank you so much :)
Try it
CASIO CZ serie can produce very unique sounds. Bells, whistles, bass sounds, brasses and variety synthetic sounds are fantastic, some kinds of organs also can sound very good, and nothing can produce these sounds on that way even closer. When you hear it, you know immediately it`s from Casio CZ! It can be very useable even today if you want to get authentic sounds to your work. And this gears were very quality built. Don`t forget every CZ today are almost 35 years old!
yes agreed
I think I have it all here:
DCW Envelope
• Wave Step 1 Rate 99 Level 99
• Wave Step 2 Rate 14 Level 00
• Wave Step 3 Sustain Rate 50 Level 00
• DCO Waveform 1 Saw
• DCO Waveform second 1 Saw
• DCO envelope pitch keyfollow 2 pitch 7
• Brassy sounds need a short pitch modulation at start
• DCA envelope AMP step 1 72 sustain 99
• activate identical line 2
• Octave range -1
• Detune fine 07
• a bit more pitch modulation for more lush sound
• Vibrato wave 1 delay 11 rate 41 depth 11
Hope it works...I'll be trying it with my CZ-5000!
Hi Jason which parameters do you use for cz 5000?
Just discovered this channel , encouraged me to get my CZ101 out the cupboard and use it ! . Thanks !
thank you :))
I have a CZ5000. Looks to be pretty similar. Also have an OBXa and OB8. I need to give this a try and compare!
:))
Nice patch you've created. We want more!
more Casio or more Oberheim? :D ;)
more CZ videos coming soon.
RetroSound should be great to explore more "cheaper" synth. Well... despite in that case the Casio is pretty good
yes, just purchased one thanks to this video! please make more :)
perfect. next week more ;)
I used to love digging into the digital menus on casios to find something with a bit more life than the presets - and then running it though my pro-one'filter
:)
I’m having problems following the routing in my CZ 5000 watching the video “play by “play” and it seems some parameters are different. Probably because the the CZ- 5000 is 2 DCOS. I think the set up is slightly different. Anyway, I think this an awesome tutorial for those of us trying to get the most out of Low key budget synths. I’ve been watching your vids for almost 10 years now. From first interests in electronic music, to an entire studio with a range of vintage and modern synthesizers, and years of fun, jamming and recording. Thank you. 😀You’re a Synth god to me haha
thank you so much for the kind words and the feedback. :)
when you have light problems than program only one DCO like in this tutorial and than Line Select 1+1` (not 1+2) and detune fine 7.
RetroSound perfect fix, thanks!
Definitely serviceable...nice straight forward approach -
:)
The Casio CZ is a huge synth.. I love mine. Most people would never guess it is fully digital. Good video. The thing about the CZ is that it can sound so original as well.. not just an emulation machine. Great job here though.
Tough to find a CZ for $200 here in Australia though... maybe prices have fallen?
very good short video demonstrating the true potentials of this great 'little' instrument!
own one and have already realized its hidden powers ...
funny when i got it for only $60 in a pawn shop in Maryland in the year 2000 (could have got it for $20 and the shopkeeper would have sold it at that price without any objections!) i just liked its looks more than anything else and didn't quite realize what a gem i had just bought until when i read about it online years later! :)
:))
Great!! i have a CZ-5000 and i will try to do this. Gracias! Thanks. From Chile.
:)
Awesome video! I don't have either of these synthesizers, but I understand the ability to make the same sound on other synthesizers. I enjoy making my own patches or just tweaking presets. :) Thanks for the wonderful video. Take care, Sam.
thank you Sam. yes the PD synthesis is a bit different but you can easy emulate analog and hybrid sounds with a bit knowledge.
I recently got my CZ101 for 100$ with a broken keyboard decoder. I brought one to life for just another 3$. I bought it just for making that famous sound of "Koto" bass line by Michiel Van Der Kuy. He used this synth for recording his L.A. Style - "James Brown is Dead" as well where the "koto" bass can be clearly heard. I'll never let it go. This machine is built to last. It does have a very simple and straight forward electronic circuitry that makes the synth to be very easy at troubleshooting if there is a case.
:)
Here are settings for "koto" bass:
Oct. range -1
Line select 1
DCO1
Waveform
first 3
second 0
ENV step 1, rate 00, level 00, END
DCW1
Wave Range 9
ENV step 1, rate 99, level 99, ***
step 2, rate 55, level 00, END
DCA1
Amp Range 9,
ENV step 1, rate 99, level 75, SUS
step 2, rate 75, level 00, END
there could be some other variations though.
the CASIO sounds great, better than I previously thought.
yes. :)
If you want to do this patch you will have to press the initialize button before doing any envelope parameter, good patch thought.
My very first synth was a Casio CZ-101. It sounded good but was a pain to program.
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still have the cz1000 and it’s time to take it out of the loft - thanks to ur channel
Thanks a lot
love my cz 5000, i do this stuff with it. sounds even better going through the four eventide factor pedals
🙌
The CZ series are beasts! I have the CZ5000 and it’s one of the most underrated synths out there. People are stupid to sell them so cheap
Agree with you
Trying to learn how to replicate these sounds on my three oscillator Ensoniq ESQ-1. Great thick sounds in that CZ-101, I never knew they were capable of that!
yes the 101 can produce really fat sounds
Very good! OB has a little more resonance going.
Thank you
Fantástic suena el Casio, muy bien impresionante.
Thank you
Love your videos man, this is awesome to see how you did the programming!
thanks a lot
the next video is better ;)
Hammer.....echt Hammer das man tatsächlich so ein analog klingendes Synthbrass Patch aus einem Casio rausholen kann. Natürlich hört man die Differenz zum Oberheim aber Respect, gut programmiert Marco. ;-)
Vielen Dank :)
Because of your videos, I decided to take the plunge and purchase my first synth, a CZ-5000 in pretty good condition. However, I have a couple of questions about your video.
1. You state that the DOC envelope has "pitch keyfollow 2 pitch 7." I assume that translates to an envelope 1 step 1 of Rate 7, Level 2? Also, from the video, you appear to settle on a Rate of 3, Level of 1. Does that seem correct?
2. Some of your envelopes don't mark a Sustain or End (such as the DCO, which has a single step). Do I initialize that envelope to the default parameters (using the initialize button), only set the steps you mention, and leave the other as they are? This would default some of the envelopes to Sustain and End.
Thanks for these great videos! I had a blast programming the CS-80 patch last night as I read through the manual to understand exactly what I was doing. Please please please post more CZ tutorials!
great, big smile on my face
;) thank you
I just found a CZ101 last week in near mint condition and plan to program it ASAP!
perfect
I really enjoyed the concept. More would be appreciated!
thank you.
next week more. ;)
It would work in some mixes, as it fills the same sonic fingerprint, but it's a rather simple patch and I could probably get that sound out of a lot of boards. Solo as you did, and the differences are there, especially in the complex modulation patterns from the osc's beating from obie and not in the CZ, where it's simulated. I could do the patch on VST's also, and get at least as close on a lot of them that have the basic raw osc sound. But I think your point here is that the lowly CZ has a lot of usefulness still, and for that I'd agree.
it was a experiment. The CZ is no OB.
This is awesome! Miss my Cz!
thank you :)
and processing end result you can fix relatiove little differencies.
I have had a cz101 since 1985, such an underrated synth. Really good video. There is also an iPad app now for editing the CZ's
thank you :)
I have various vintage analog effects that the CZ sounds amazing thru, like the Roland Revo 30 from the 70's or the MXR modal126 Flanger. in fact it makes any digital synth sound analog
yes it works
Synths & sounds lovers... Watch it !
Thumbs up & thanks for this awesome tutorial how brilliant Casio synths were... between talented hands !
Always a great pleasure to discover new projects from you... ;-))
Keep sharing your passion , talents & synths through these moments ! ;-))
thank you so much for the kind words my friend. :)
Fully deserved my friend... definitely an awesome moment ! ;-))
Nice one Marko - must spend more time digging in to my CZ1 🎹🔈
o yes. :)
thank you
Quite impressive, thanks!
thank you for watching
Truly ace programming man!
thank you
Can you do this on modern Casio's? Not easy to track down these older models even on ebay.
Unfortunately Not.
@@retrosound72 Thanks. And : (
Ich mag diese Serie sehr! auch hier sehr nah dran der CZ,
zwar nicht optisch, aber wenigstens bei diesem SOund :-)
MEHR DAVON BITTE!
haha ja wirklich teilweise überraschend was da raus kommt. Dünn klingt da snicht, auch wenn er dünn klingen kann. ;)
Well, in it´s rawest form and without that magic sem filter sweeping, and Obie can be replicated quite good. But its the sweeping sem filter that make the Obies the greatest sounding synths ever, and no other synth can touch.
agreed
you can run the cz through a modular sem filter lots of people do it
Neat. I've spent a bit of time the the VirtualCZ plugin and I really like this PD synthesis, I shall be acquiring a CZ when I see a decent offer.
:)
I managed to find one for $200. You can do it!
slightly softer attack on the Oberheim but other than that remarkably close. Well done! Respect on the tweaking skills :]
thank you
So cool, love my casio ctx 😉👍😎
👍
The SA 76 have the adjustment as well. Depress and hold "tune" and "pattern", then do plus or minus and observe effect difference, though not as detail technical as this?
Very cool! I thought we were gonna hear your voice for the first time, haha
haha never :D
thank you
HAHAA!!
I mean it's similar but not the same. The Casio has a very closed nasal sound while the Oberheim has an open and bigger sound.
I agree, but is the OB8 $6,000 better? Oberheims are incredible, but the Casios are insane sound value for the money (you can grab one in great condition for $400 as of 2020). And they were good enough for Babyface, who used them as the bass on some hit tracks back in the late 80's.
@@lifescansdarkly Hehe, I managed to snag one for $200. :)
Although I'm having a hard time with it. I can't seem to save patches that I make. Also, it's perpetually out of tune no matter what I set the master tune at the top right to. Playing a C note on the keyboard produces roughly an F to F#, depending on how high or low I set the master tuning to. Any ideas why? Is this unit screwed? I don't mind re-pitching it in Ableton when recording but it's absolutely useless in my DAWless setup.
@@mikeexits Just press both keys of the master tune to reset and you need batteries inside the synth in order to be able to save in the internal memory.
Fantastic! Sounds like my OB-Xa!
;)
Used to have a CZ-3000, but traded to a DX7. It was a great synth, but always needed effects to really be usable.
yes but the DX7 too
RetroSound Yeah but phase distortion
Great tutorial! Thank you!
thank you for watching
Wow, what a sound!
:D
The Oberheim sounded okay as well!
Beautiful!!! Great Job!
thank you
Believe it or not most of the CZ line sells for the around the same price. I recommend getting the CZ1, the king of the CZ line while you can still get one for $300 bucks in perfect condition.
yes the CZ-1 was one of my first synths ever. Very nice synth for cheap.
+RetroSound They are great; I have two. I am strapped for cash so sadly I will have to sell one soon.
Spannendes Video mit sehr viel Überraschung. Klar, man hört selbst übers Smartphone noch erhebliche Unterschiede, aber der Grundklang ist sehr gut getroffen. Ich habe ähnliche Erfahrungen mit dem Alesis Ion (preiswerte Version Micron oder Akai Miniak für 160€) und dem Roland JV-880 (90€) gemacht. Günstig ist nicht gleich schlecht.
Wir wissen beide, dass der OB den kleinen CZ im Unisono Mode vom Ständerblasen würde. ;)
Es war nur ein Experiment für einen bestimmten (einfachen) Sound. Andere Sounds gehen wieder nicht. Es gibt bei jedem Synth eine gemeinsame Schnittmenge. Das wollte ich zeigen.
RetroSound ist dir sehr gut gelungen. Tolles Demo !
Danke Rüdiger
I've got to try this on my CZ-1000.
:)
Can you please post a step-by-step video of how to make my DX-7 sound like a CS-80 ;)
no. but tomorrow I will post a video of how to make that the CZ sounds like a CS-80 :)
This is stunning Marko, you're the boss !
I almost had a CZ 101 for 150 euros and while I watching at descriptions....it was gone..snif snif ! I have a VZ 1 instead, a very respectable synth, but it's not CZ 101 :(
Thank you Eric :)
The VZ is a upgraded CZ with a lot more functions but the iPD synthesis is a pain to program. I wish me a modern PD synthesizer from casio with the solid hardware of the VZ and with realtime control of DCW and DCA envelope.
I hesitated to tell you the truth, but yes, i agree with you :
it's so hard to program a VZ1...3 years ago, I put my hands in it and I have almost understood, but after a few months of non practice I forgot everything and I did not have the courage to start looking again since all this time ! So i have one own pattern (so proud of it) and all others are from the machine..not so bad, but it's so cool to edit a sound with this synth, it's like a fight against Cazio and iPD !
haha I understand you absolut. It´s fun for cold winter days. ;D
Yes ! it could be nice XD
...But it will have more a heating function than a synth function :)
:D
Credit for taking the time and having the knowledge to be able to do good approximations..do more like this? I had CZs; didn’t like the programming and generally plastic/sterile sounds, BUT have to say if properly programmed it can sound good, one some sounds. I liked the 101 more than the larger CZs, at least for bass, though the midi tracking wasn’t as good, nor was the thickness without chorus. Best might’ve been a VZ rack, BUT they left off the filte approximation, which ruined it for me.
yes . Me too. The 101 is the best
This is awesomely hilarious. Great find.
thank you
I even like the CZ better! I always did.. It`s a genuinely original concept alltogether!
:D
A CZ-1 would add velocity sensitivity too! I'll get mine out of storage and try it. :)
yes the CZ-1 has more features. and chorus.
And after touch for added expressiveness!
I'll be digging my CZ-1 out of storage tonight to try this as well!
the casio sounds even better haha, maybe a little to much 'tremolo' but a lot more bite and fatness in the brass sound, in the beginning.
Great video. Did you upgrade the line output to have less noise on the signal?
Thank you.
No mod here.
Awesome vid! The only downside is limited polyphony after stacking voices. However, your about $8000 ahead with the little CZ lol! I have the OBXa as well, and damn it is a nightmare to maintain.
thank you!
Excellent!
thank you
Hello sir how to bring accoustic piano tone in CZ 1000.
When you buy a Acoustic Piano.
@@retrosound72 haha i mean is there any way that i can play chords with good tone.
Cs80 in a timbrewolf please
haha ;)
Hahahahababa
Great Synth my friend.
thanks a lot :)
Great stuff. I did this in VirtualCZ too:)
thank you
Wow, this is a brand new video! Most ones I come across are many months/years old. Amazing job here, however I do have one nit to pick: The vibrato.. The oberheim had no vibrato as I look at the video in a spectrogram using Baudline (which is amazing, and I highly suggest it!)
thank you :)
O yes the OB has vibrato in the modulation section. saw and sine LFO
While I know there is the option to set Vibrato on an Oberheim, your A/B demonstration of "Oberheim" / "Casioheim" depicts a very different picture in Baudline. I've screen-recorded some of your video with the realtime spectrogram going, to illustrate the difference. th-cam.com/video/vmHDIk0xEbM/w-d-xo.html
Every synth has its sweet spot you just have to find it.
yes absolutly
I buiild my own phase-distortion synth, with all the peculiarities and features of the CZ plus my own ingredients, seems I accidentally build an Oberheim too haha :D
:)
the filter resonance is probably the biggest difference im hearing that and the adsr swell
If you get your hands on a Kawaii K5 or K5m, you might like it. It's purely additive but kind of gnarly sounding.
o yes the K5 is fantastic
Limited polyphony and lack of chorus was the reason I sold it. You can find 3k and 5k models for same price with all these features if you have space.
yes sure but the 101 looks cooler and has a hotter output.
RetroSound I have and love a CZ1, but I have heard some people claim that they believe the CZ-101 has a “ballsier” sound than its full-size brethren. Do you find this to be true, or is it just a slightly hotter output?
please can you tell me how can make bass trigges on casio CZ 101?
Please.... what is the name of that song you hinted towards at the end? please somebody... save me
I have no idea. It`s just a improvisation.
RetroSound Thanks for replying man :). The moment you started playing those notes my whole body came alive. Like somebody shouting your name in crowded place... Do you think it's possible to make a sound like this using a mininova? Or any vst?
yes sure. Try it.
The Yamaha PSR-6 has an extremely similar set of brass synth sounds (no options for modulation) and I guarantee you can get one for stupidly cheap
Thanks for this. Liked. Subscribed. Gone to buy Casio.
cool
thank you
Exact same plan. Only to find they're rare as hens' teeth up my way.
But these days, you can tweak the final waves by soft or hardware? Nero burning soft have this and plentiful of filters. Playback hard wares are packed with wonderful features these days? Just more convenience?
Awesome!!!
thanks
Thank you you kind sir
Thank you for watching
Это можно сделать на roland d10?
Hell Yeah CZ Rocks!
o yeah :D
The two brasses are very different. Both of them very pleasant but different, bro! Anyway good job!